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Iron Maiden, Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham - with pictures

Last night, legions of rock fans descended on Birmingham to watch Iron Maiden on their Book Of Souls World Tour.

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Iron Maiden. Pictures by: Andy Shaw

The tour came to the Barclaycard Arena for one night only in celebration of 2015 album Book Of Souls.

Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s.

After several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of UK and US platinum and gold albums, including The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, live release Live After Death, Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.

Fans took to Twitter to express their delight at the show